I am waiting to get my hands on some of those beauties! I am excited to
see how TSM works and how it handles everything.
The new Intel Macs seem pretty impressive, and I know that we will not
be dissapointed.
>>>psz1 AT CORNELL DOT EDU 03/15 4:05 am >>>
Our initial attempts at trying 5.3.2.1 on the Intel Macs were good,
but we then ran into some problems. As there is no support from IBM,
I am nervous about relying on it.
At 08:38 PM 3/14/2006, you wrote:
>On Mar 14, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Paul Zarnowski wrote:
>
>>Intel Macs are starting to show up on our campus and we are being
>>asked how to back them up. What are other TSM sites doing to backup
>>these new beasties? TSM doesn't support Intel-based Macs yet.
>
>Hi, Paul - Good question...
>
>I recently got one of the new iMac's as a media storage and feeder
>for my family room (connecting it to my A/V receiver via optical
>audio and S-video). Wonderful machine.
>
>Reading your posting, and Aaron's response about depending upon
>Rosetta, I decided to try installing a TSM client (5.2.4). An
>awkwardness is that the download file is in .hqx format: PowerPC Macs
>are shipped with Stuffit Expander to handle that stuff, but the new
>Macs are Intel, so it appears that Apple feels it inappropriate to
>ship a non-PowerPC binary. I got SE off the net and installed it, and
>it worked fine to generate the TSM installer, which I then ran to
>install the TSM client. And the client itself ran fine, as I tried
>some basic Archive and Backup operations. Apple's Rosetta is
>excellent, as was promised.
>
>I would suggest having one of your eager adopters go ahead and give
>an existing TSM client level a full workout, with a new nodename.
>Have them report back on general functionality and speed.
>
> Richard Sims long time Mac guy (why settle for mediocrity?)
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